Local Non-Profits Wanted for the 2009 Santa Claus Christmas Celebration

November 4, 2009 (Santa Claus, Ind.) - The Santa Claus Christmas Celebration committee invites all local non-profit groups to participate in the newly expanded five-weekend Celebration, November 20 – December 20, in the Kringle Place Shopping Center of Santa Claus, Indiana: America’s Christmas Hometown.

This year, local non-profit groups have the opportunity to spread the Christmas spirit and raise funds for their organization at the Santa Claus Christmas Celebration.  With no participation fee, groups can set up all or any of the five weekends and sell holiday goodies to the public.

“This is a great opportunity for local organizations to participate in the Santa Claus Christmas Celebration,” says Philip Koch, chairman of the Santa Claus Christmas Celebration committee. “We hope to involve the entire community in this Celebration.”

All booths will be located in the parking lot of the Kringle Place Shopping Center between the Santa Claus Christmas Store and Santa’s Great Big LED Tree of Lights.  Participants will provide their own booth Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to fundraise for their organization.

America’s Christmas Hometown, Santa Claus, Indiana, will host this five-weekend Celebration of family fun on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Events include a traditional Pre-Christmas Dinner, Tree Lighting Ceremony, family-friendly contests, Christmas Karaoke, Santa’s Great Big Tree of Lights, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, Christmas Wood Carving Demonstrations, and much more.

Special discount packages are available throughout Spencer County accommodations. For more information or a schedule of Christmas events in Spencer County, visit www.LegendaryPlaces.org or call the Visitors Bureau at (888) 444-9252. For more information about the Santa Claus Christmas Celebration visit www.SantaClausChristmasCelebration.com or call (812) 224-1790.